On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:59:19 -0800 Roy Lewallen
wrote:

Jim Adney wrote:
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So I still don't think it's too much to ask that the most important
data be printed out separately.

Obviously, I don't tend to think like the military....

While you've got a legitimate point, you've got to realize the function
of the part number. If you're a technician servicing a piece of military
gear, you replace a 20035942 *ONLY* with a 20035942, not *ANY* other
capacitor, regardless of its value. To order a replacement, you put in a
requisition for a 20035942. Now, it's vital to you that the capacitors
in the stock bin or coming in from the supply system have 20035942
printed on them, but it's not important that the value is. The
technician can find the value in the parts list in the manual and likely
on the schematic.

If I'm that tech, how do I correlate that p/n with this cap on the
schematic? Does the schematic have both the value AND the p/n on it?

I understand your point about using the exact replacement, but I don't
see why a part should not have BOTH sets of data. To me, that seems
like it adds a lot of value to the part.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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